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    Madness and Genius

    2003 · Drama · 1h 43m

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  1. Jun 2, 2012 · Today, the fabled connection between genius and madness is no longer merely anecdotal. Mounting research shows these two extremes of the human mind really are linked — and scientists are...

  2. The genius-madness debate has gone off course in asking whether creative individuals are at greater risk for developing mental illness than are their noncreative peers. Some are, some are not.

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  3. Sep 25, 2020 · The notion that genius is only thinly separated from insanity goes back at least to ancient Greece. Aristotle linked the two when he said, “There is no great genius without a touch of...

  4. There is a widespread highly romanticized belief that madness somehow heightens creative genius among artists, writers, and musicians.

  5. Sep 25, 2014 · Genius and madness: does one phenomenon cause the other-or do both share a common underlying factor or mechanism? How are geniuses able to accomplish “creative fits”? The author explores both questions.

  6. Jul 19, 2016 · By Maria Popova. “I don’t believe insanity is either a requirement or a guarantee for brilliance,” cosmologist Janna Levin wrote in her elegant inquiry into madness and genius. And yet the cooccurrence of the two has long permeated our cultural mythology of creativity.

  7. Dec 9, 2016 · Several temperament and personality traits are related to bipolar disorder, to creativity in individuals with bipolar disorder, and to creativity in healthy individuals, seemingly occupying the space between madness and genius.

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